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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these significant new open educational ventures. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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